Not as cheesy? That's what we get with fancy effects and technology these days!And do you mean that in the new movie, Taylor doesn't talk? At all (Or at least after his capture)? But surely he must say the famous quotes from the original!

Apart from the costumes and the changes to Taylor, what else was changed?

......I take your silence to mean that even though they changed just about everything, taken away nearly all that was good, added more effects, most surprisingly keeping the "Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" line and kept the ending that was seen in the original, which is better than the entirety of the new version.